Chapter Forty-Six: The Alien Mission!

Coming down from Jingshan, it was getting dark, and Li Yiqi, escorted by the Jingshan defenders led by Xu Ling'an, advanced on the official road outside the city, and could already see the outline of the capital.

"That's almost it, you go back. Li Yiqi said lightly.

"Yes, son. ”

Xu Ling'an glanced at Li Yiqi, and the glint in his eyes flickered: "The son of the world...... I don't know ......."

Li Yiqi glanced at it, saw his thoughts, and said lightly: "Don't worry, since I promised you, I won't break my promise, before the New Year this year, there will be a will from the East Palace to Jingshan." ”

"Thank you, Shizi. Xu Ling was overjoyed.

"No need, you can go back. Li Yiqi waved his hand, pulled the reins in his hand, and ran towards Shangjing.

......

At the gate of the Li Mansion, the guards saw a familiar figure riding a maned horse towards this side, staring at it, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they hurriedly greeted it: "Young Master!"

"Young Master, you're back!"

Li Yu, the leader of the guards, strode forward, glanced at the maned horse under Li Yiqi's crotch, hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously asked, "Young master, are you ...... Where's your carriage?"

Li Yu clearly remembered that when Li Yiqi went out in the afternoon, he was in the carriage of the Li Mansion, why did he change to a horse when he came back?

"The carriage broke down. ”

Li Yiqi scolded those assassins in his heart, casually made up a reason, and then turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to Li Yu, and asked, "Where is Shui Bo, is it in the mansion?"

"The big butler went out earlier, I don't know if I've come back. Li Yu replied respectfully.

"Good. ”

Li Yiqi nodded and walked into the mansion. As soon as he came in, he turned to the two girls beside him and whispered: "Don't leak this matter for the time being, especially don't let the two ladies know, lest they worry about it." I'll take care of the rest. ”

"Yes, young master. Qi'er nodded obediently.

"You're going to the summer palace tomorrow?" Li Qian'er frowned slightly and asked another question.

"Well, you stay in the mansion first, I am safe in the East Palace, I will explain to Shui Bo tonight, and strive to send you back to the Annan army as soon as possible." Li Yiqi looked at the other party, his eyes flickered, if it weren't for Li Qian'er, he probably wouldn't have been able to step into this door today.

"It's useless, he won't listen to you. Li Qian'er shook her head silently and said, her body shook and disappeared into the high-walled deep courtyard of the Li Mansion.

......

In the lobby of the front hall of the Li Mansion, the Liu family and the Wu family were having dinner and chatting, and when they saw Li Yiqi walking in, both of them showed a trace of displeasure on their faces, and said angrily: "You kid, where did you go again, and you came back so late?"

Maybe the weather outside the book was cold and the sky was getting darker, and the two ladies didn't notice that Li Yiqi's clothes were a little messy at the moment, and his face was a little pale.

"Hehe, I'm in a bit of a hurry, I went out of the city, and I didn't have time to tell you. Li Yiqi explained as usual, his eyes swept and he didn't find Shui Bo's figure.

"If you're hungry, I'll ask the dining room to make you something to eat. Liu said, beckoning to a maid who was serving beside him.

"Auntie, help me send the food to the study, I'll go back to the East Palace early tomorrow morning, I'm a little sleepy, and I want to rest early." Li Yiqi said with a smile.

He didn't find Shui Bo here, and after thinking about it, he still felt that he should not tell the two ladies about his attack for the time being. After all, in his eyes, neither lady was the kind of person who should be involved in the killing struggle. In the entire Li Mansion, the only one who can discuss this matter is Shui Bo.

After sitting in the lobby of the front hall for a while, Li Yiqi withdrew under the excuse of sleepiness, and on the way back to the study, he met a few people, and after asking, several people said again and again that they had not seen the housekeeper, and Li Yiqi had to order a few people to find it.

The efficiency of the Li Mansion was still very high, and after a while, an old man with gray hair hurriedly pushed open the door of Li Yiqi's study.

"Young Master!"

Shui Bo shouted, sweating profusely, and his old face looked extremely nervous.

"Shui Bo. ”

Li Yiqi sat upright on the high chair, and a strange smile suddenly flashed in his eyes. It's been more than ten years, and he hasn't seen Lao Cheng's dignified and unsmiling Shui Bo so flustered.

"Young Master......"

After looking at Li Yiqi carefully for a while, seeing that he was unscathed except for his somewhat bad face, Shui Bo bowed down and smiled bitterly: "It's good that you are not injured, when Qian'er told the old slave, the old slave was almost scared to death." ”

"I didn't get hurt, I just fell. Li Yiqi waved his hand silently, his expression was extremely calm, not displeased, not angry, as if nothing had happened.

"Young Master, you...... Is it really okay?" Shui Bo watched silently from the side, his brows furrowed deeply, and there was a deep look of worry in his old eyes.

I don't know what to say, Li Yiqi is so calm, but it surprises him......

"It's okay, I'm okay. ”

Li Yiqi shook his head, the midnight darkness and the dark light flashed in his eyes, becoming more profound, making people feel that they couldn't see clearly, it was obvious that his heart was not really as calm as he said.

"Young Master, what is going on? Who did it?" Shui Bo's face was extremely ugly, and there was a hint of murderous intent in his cold tone.

Hearing Shui Bo's words, the figures of the black-clothed assassins once again appeared in Li Yiqi's mind, he shook his head silently, and said lightly: "I don't know, the assassins are all dead, and nothing has been found." ”

"Shui Bo, do you always think it will be the Wang family?" Li Yiqi frowned, looked at Shui Bo, and asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Shui Bo's old eyes flickered slightly, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head: "Young master, the old slave thinks it's unlikely. ”

"Why?" asked Li Yiqi, puzzled.

"Young master, you may not know very well, there is more than one family with our Li family, the Wang family is not the only one, when the old man got the position of the protector of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, it caused the eyes of many people in the court. Later, the old man overrode public opinion, reused many young generals, and touched the sore spots of some people...... It's just that these are not the reasons why you have to die at least, what they are most afraid of is the master, as soon as you die, the master will take revenge on them madly, and those people will not understand this truth. Shui Bo replied with a solemn face.

"Yes, you are always right, I have also thought about it before, injuring the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicting eight hundred is not the Wang family's style of doing things. Hearing Shui Bo's analysis, Li Yiqi also nodded silently, and the two had the same thoughts.

Li Yiqi still has a deep understanding of the Wang family's methods, and the last accident in Wanxian Tower was not for the purpose of killing him. Wang Tianyu calculated that Li Jiu killed that he would inevitably break into the harem at night for his grandson, his real purpose was just to separate the relationship between the Li family and the Great Xia royal family, if Li Yiqi died in Wanxian Tower, then Li Jiu killed that night not with a knife to break into the summer palace, but with a knife overnight to wash all the families who participated in the Wanxian Mansion banquet that day.

"Yes, the Wang family is indeed suspicious, but there is no way to deceive me above the officialdom, the enmity between the Wang family and my Li family is not so big that it is necessary to curse the other party's 'bloodline will not die well'. At this moment, a spiritual light flashed through Li Yiqi's mind, and he suddenly recalled what the female assassin in black had said before he died,

"This assassination is more like revenge and revenge. This idea popped up, Li Yiqi was suddenly shocked, and secretly said: "Could it be that the purpose of this assassination is to cut off the bloodline of my Li family?!"

"Young Master, what are you going to do?"

Shui Bo said, his old and cloudy eyes became sharp, and his body revealed a fierce and fierce murderous aura. Li Yiqi was attacked one after another, which also aroused the true fire in the heart of the calm Li Mansion housekeeper. If you use all the energy of the Li family, you will still be able to find some clues after all.

Unexpectedly......

"Don't do anything, I'll go back to the palace tomorrow, let's put this matter aside for a while. Li Yiqi sighed and explained with a wry smile: "The day after tomorrow is Emperor Xia's birthday, at this time, it is not appropriate to make a disturbance......"

"Your Majesty's birthday ......" As if thinking of something, Shui Bo's face changed slightly, nodded and didn't say much.

Turning his head to look at the sky outside the window, which had completely darkened, Li Yiqi's eyes flickered slightly, and he changed his words and asked, "Shui Bo, I went to see Gu Qianyang in the morning, but he didn't come, is it ...... What's happening in Shangjing today?"

Hearing this, Shui Bo's eyes moved slightly, nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Young master, there is!"

"Oh, what's going on?" Li Yiqi's eyelids twitched, and a hint of doubt appeared on his face.

"Young Master, this matter ...... It is also related to His Majesty's birthday. Shui Bo said in a deep voice: "Just today, several foreign envoys entered Beijing. ”

"Alien Mission?!"

Li Yiqi was startled, stood up from his chair all of a sudden, and asked in a solemn tone, "Which country's ?, what are you doing?"

Although there are foreigners in Shangjing, most of them are slaves who are about to be distributed and Hu merchants from the Western Regions, and these people can not be called any 'missions'......

"Evil Golden Court, Muddy Golden Court, Muddy Tooth Silver Court......" Shui Bo said in a deep voice: "It is said that he is here to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, and the advance envoy has already entered the summer palace, maybe in two days, the entire mission will come to Beijing." ”

Li Yiqi's eyes shrank slightly, he took a deep breath, his face showed a trace of solemnity, and said in a deep voice: "Shui Bo, is the news reliable?"

"Young master, it's true, the old slave didn't believe it at first, I only went out of the house to inquire before I knew that the news was conclusive, the court had already issued a document, and by tomorrow, the entire Shangjing City would spread. Shui Bo looked serious and said slowly.

"Evil Golden Court...... Golden Court!"

Li Yiqi's face was grim, and he naturally knew which force the alien envoy in Shui Bo's mouth came from.

Northern Xinjiang - a general term for a foreign continent in the northern part of the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, on which there are many nomadic tribes, the status of these nomadic tribes is pyramid-shaped, among them, the highest status, the most people, the strongest tribe, is called the 'Golden Court', followed by the 'Silver Court'.

And under the 'Silver Court', there are many tribes of different sizes. The alien tribes of the entire northern Xinjiang are protected by the 'Golden Court' and the 'Silver Court' in the form of tribute. Every autumn harvest, these large and small tribes would follow the alien armies of the 'Golden Court' and the 'Silver Court' to the south and attack the northern defense line of the Great Xia Dynasty.

In order to garrison the northern territory, Bactria set up three prefectures in the north: Liaodong, Anbei, and Northwest. However, the northern frontier is so big, no less than the Central Plains and Kyushu, the border where the two sides meet, and the battle line stretches for more than 100,000 miles, even the combined strength of the three capital protectorates seems to be a little stretched.

More than 1,000 years after the founding of Great Xia, the soldiers in the northern Xinjiang were burning for more than a year, whether it was the Xia Dynasty or the alien race, there were countless casualties, it was a real pile of corpses, and a river of blood...... The relationship between the two sides is like water and fire, in the past, even if the new emperor of Great Xia succeeded to the throne and ascended the throne, no foreign royal family came to congratulate him. However, now there is a foreign delegation coming, just to celebrate the birthday of the current Xia Emperor.

Li Yiqi looked in the direction of the summer palace with a solemn face, and several thoughts flashed in his mind in an instant: "The foreign envoy will not enter Beijing without warning, if it comes from the northern frontier, no matter which direction it takes, the three major capital protectorates will inevitably send troops to intercept it, and then report it to the imperial court." ”

"However, no one knew in advance that this birthday envoy was so quietly approaching Shangjing, or rather, the imperial court knew, but in order not to cause an uproar among the local people, they acquiesced to ......."

"The only one who can do this is that person in the entire Great Xia. ”

Li Yiqi looked at the direction of the summer palace with deep eyes, and there were only a handful of people in the entire Shangjing City who could use the power of the entire imperial court to block a certain news. There is only one, to be exact, and that person has supreme status, representing incredible power and power, if that person is involved in the whole thing......

The thought that appeared in Li Yiqi's mind shocked him more than someone assassinating him.

Because, in addition to the fact that all the people of Great Xia knew that the interracial relationship between the Great Xia Dynasty and Northern Xinjiang was so bad that it was impossible to intersect, Li Yiqi was personally sure of one thing - in the last life, when Emperor Xia was on his birthday, the four seas were peaceful, and there were absolutely no foreign envoys to the capital.

Suddenly, knowing that the news ...... 'abrupt', 'weird', and 'suspicious', Li Yiqi couldn't find any words to describe how he felt at the moment.

"Great Xia Dynasty, something big is going to happen!"

Li Yiqi's eyes suddenly shrank slightly, and at this moment, he suddenly recalled what the queen had said to him when he first entered the harem. At that time, the queen had vaguely hinted to him that when Emperor Xia was born, something unexpected would happen. At that time, he thought it was related to the crown prince, but he didn't expect that things were more complicated than he thought.

Just when Li Yiqi was confused, Liu ordered the subordinates who came to deliver food to Li Yiqi, and also knocked on the door of the study with a hot meal.

Li Yiqi gave Shui Bo a look, Shui Bo understood, took the food and put it on Li Yiqi's table, waved to his subordinates: "It's none of your business, go down." ”

"Yes, Grand Butler. Hearing this, the subordinate bowed and withdrew.

After the next person left, there were only the two of them left in the room, Li Yiqi took the meal, picked up the chopsticks, and ate it in a big gulp, while Shui Bo was quietly waiting on the side, watching Li Yiqi quickly clean the food in the bowl.

After a bowl of rice, Li Yiqi wiped his mouth, turned his eyes to look at Shui Bo, and said, "Shui Bo, I want to ask you one thing." ”

"Young master, please speak. Shui Bo was taken aback and replied respectfully.

Li Qian'er...... Is it your old granddaughter?" a strange look rose to his eyebrows, and Li Yiqi asked with a surprised expression.

Hearing this, Shui Bo was stunned for a moment, and then, a wry smile appeared on his old, wrinkled face, and he nodded: "Young master, Qian'er is indeed the granddaughter of the old slave, presumably you have already read the master's letter." ”

As he spoke, a smile appeared on Shui Bo's old face, and his eyes flashed with bright light.

"I've seen it, but it's ......"

Li Yiqi's face was a little embarrassed, he didn't want to disobey his grandfather's will, and he didn't want to hurt Shui Bo. These two are his relatives, and from Shui Bo's eyes, he can see that Shui Bo is also in favor of Li Qian'er being with him.

Refusing this kind of words has come to his lips, but he doesn't know how to say it, and after brewing for a long time, Li Yiqi said in a condensed voice: "Uncle Shui, if I don't agree with this family business, is it feasible?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Yiqi seemed to see a trace of unprecedented fluctuations in Shui Bo's eyes, even so, Li Yiqi still looked calm.

"Young Master, you...... But do you think Qian'er's identity is not worthy of you?" Shui Bo asked with a hint of loss in his old hoarse voice, but he still looked respectful.

"Absolutely not!"

Li Yiqi shook his head again and again, and explained with a wry smile: "Shui Bo, you should always know that I am not that kind of person. ”

"That's why. Young Master?" Shui Bo finished speaking, and looked at Li Yiqi calmly.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yiqi's eyes were bright, and he said loudly: "Shui Bo, if it is a guard sent by my grandfather, I will gladly accept it, because I don't know martial arts, and I really need someone to protect me." However, I would not accept sending a woman whom I had never seen and did not know to marry me, even if it was the princess of Great Xia. Moreover, the fate of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, many lovers in ancient times parted ways, and finally fell ill and died of depression. I don't want to meet the person I like in the future, but I have no choice but to let go because of a marriage contract......"

This kind of answer seems a little naïve and capricious, but this kind of naïve and capricious answer can take all the responsibility on oneself.

"Young Master, that's all?" Shui Bo looked a little incredulous. He didn't believe that Li Yiqi would disobey Li Jiu's will for this reason, and even if Li Qian'er couldn't say that she was a goddess, she was also a stunning girl who captivated the country and the city, could it be that the young master was really not tempted at all?

"Of course, there's one more thing that I think...... Qian'er also has the right to make her own choice. Li Yiqi said softly, and said that the voice became softer and softer, as if it was far and near.

Li Yiqi knew very well in his heart that Li Qianer obviously didn't like this marriage, but she was powerless to resist, because this was a kind of helplessness in the context of this world era, and he couldn't do anything. If he finds fault with Li Qian'er, it will only backfire at that time. Not to mention implicating Li Qian'er, Li Jiu will only pick other women from Annan who 'match Sun Tzu's vision' and send them to the capital, then everything will be over!

At that time, Li Qian'er was helped, but she was put in. Before Li Yiqi decided to intervene in this matter, he had already taken all the stakes into account. can not only send Li Qian'er away, but also temporarily break grandpa's eagerness to continue the Li family's incense. More importantly, he was telling the truth......

Li Yiqi didn't know when he finished saying this. In the night, a black-clothed young man was squatting on the roof tile outside the study, hearing his words clearly.

"Thank you......"

The girl in black hugged her knees, silently looked at the night sky, looked in the direction of the south, and a complicated look flashed on her beautiful face.